HTML5, the future of the web.

More and more game companies are turning to the HTML5 web format to create cross-platform games. The latest is Pangalore, a social and mobile game startup based in Seoul.

Pangalore was founded in May to create games that can run on multiple platforms by using HTML5 as their technical foundation. Pangalore built from scratch a game engine that can work within the limits of HTML5, said Doyon Kim, chief product officer and co-founder of the company who runs the office in San Jose, Calif., in an interview.

Pangalore is announcing two new Facebook and mobile games today: Artfit and Wild West Solitaire. Both are slow-moving, cartoon-like titles that accommodate the main weakness of HTML5 now: slow speed. Pangalore is also working on two more titles, Pop the Candy and Bubble Prince, for release later. Kim says the company will release titles every couple of months.

“The benefit of HTML5 games is that you can start them on one platform and then finish them on another,” Kim said. “We designed our games from the start to be multiplatform games.”

While young, the company has a big staff. It has 25 employees and funding from NHN, the largest online game portal in Korea. The good thing about HTML5 games is they can run on just about any platform, from Facebook to Android phones and tablets. It runs on browsers on mobile devices, PCs, and Macs. Pangalore is also making native format games for the Apple iPhone.

Kim said that deeper strategy and role-playing games are in the works as well, using the Unity 3D game engine. Those games, including a simulation title, will be coming in early 2012. Among the team are some experienced game creators including those who created Ragnarok Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game with 3 million players in North America.

The games are free-to-play and are accessible from a single Facebook account that works across all devices. Kim co-founded the firm with Brian Kang, former chief executive of Gravity and a former venture capitalist. Kim previously founded Dialpad Communications, Opinity and Spotplex. Rivals included other HTML5 game makers such as Moblyng and Zynga.

The Wild West Solitaire game sets players on a card-playing journey along the historic Oregon Trail, where you race against the clock or friends to play solitaire challenges. Artfit is a falling blocks game where players must place the pieces into forms to score points and advance through increasingly complex levels. Over time, HTML5 is expected to show better performance so that a wider variety of games will be playable on it. Pangalore hopes to be ready when that happens.

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6th Grader, iPhone Application Developer

This is a must watch video.
Thomas Suarez is a 6th grade student at a middle school in the South Bay of Los Angeles. When Apple released the Software Development Kit (SDK), he began to create and sell his own applications. "My parents, my friends and even the people at the Apple store all supported me," he says, "and Steve Jobs inspired me".

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Pitch It! - An opportunity for Startups to get funded by Top Investors of India

The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay presents Pitch it! for the startups who are looking for funding.

With it's unique format of express funding, the participants of Pitch it! get an opportunity to pitch before panel of investors. The best 10 entries will be selected from all over India for the finals at E-Summit 2012, where they will get exposure to funding opportunities from top Angel Investors viz.Mumbai Angels, Indian Angel Network(IAN) and many more. Some of previous year's investors are Blue Run Ventures, Seedfund, Canaan Partners, Telnet Ventures etc.


Pitch it! is a three phase event:

1. The first phase is online submission of the questionnaire by the start-ups. 10 entries will be shortlisted by a panel of investors for the final closed-room pitching.

2. The second phase comprises of mentoring, where these top 10 teams will be mentored on “pitching tactics” for funding from experts.

3. The third and final phase would be held at E-Summit on 29th January, 2012, IIT Bombay wherein the start-ups will be required to present their final pitch in their quest for funding by the Angel Investors/Venture Capitalists.


Don't miss out on this opportunity. Registration for Phase 1 closes on 5th december, 2011.

For more details and registering visit http://www.ecell.in/pitchit

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Go Skydiving or Trekking to 13000 feet this Diwali by Tushky.com

Tushky.com, a state-of-the-art ecommerce web portal providing unique travel and event experiences, is coming up with a big experience for all ardent adventure lovers.

True to its vision of providing never before experiences, Tushky.com has announced its extravagant diwali vacation, in line with promoting green diwali- authentic skydiving camp in India followed by a trek to the 13000 ft high beas kund in Himachal. When the festival of lights is around the corner, celebrating a Green Diwali near to the Mother Nature without crackers is a unique idea.

After the super success of its first commercial skydiving camp in picturesque locales of Sagar in MP and setting a record of the youngest tandem skydiving, Tushky.com proudly presents second skydiving camp in UP and trekking unfolding the magical experience at Himalayan Valley. Trekking alongside the beas river and stunning landscape with soaring mountain, one will finally reach the breath taking destination Beas Kund.

Mr.Talvinder Singh, founder of Tushky.com shares “What differentiates us from other large companies is our ability to reach and appeal to small and independent tour guides and individual who will share their beautiful world with the travelers.” He adds “This adventure aims to go beyond the limits of your fear and spend a gala time living a life amidst of nature. Go back to mother nature, there is no better way to celebrate green diwali.”

Tushky.com's diwali celebration begins with the sky diving camp, starting from 22nd October to 25th October 2011 at Uttar Pradesh. The three day camp ensures, to provide a life time experience of skydiving from 10000 feet. The event is partnered with seasoned and celebrated skydivers having a collective experience of almost 50 years and over 8000 jumps with highest rated USPA (United States Parachute Association) certification. The celebration continues with a 7 day all inclusive trek, taking you through a route rarely explored while also allowing you the leisure to explore the pristine tourist hot spot from its starting station-Manali. During the trek you will luxuriate in vast area of green carpet with colorful flowers which goes through Solang Valley’s lush-green fields and orchards.

Tushky, a young and passionate start up by IIT Alumini, believes in taking home a memory and cherishing them life long. It’s a one stop solution providing experiences like Adventure and outdoor; art and culture; leisure and entertainment; wining and dining; mind and body rejuvenation and many more at spectacular places across India.

To be a part of this unique experience and celebrating Diwali with Nature, log on to www.tushky.com

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Study from Yahoo shows that 50 percent of all tweets come from just 20,000 users

This is a shocking result. 50 percent of all tweets come from just 20,000 users. Via: TheNextWeb.com's Article. View Full Article:

In a recent study by Yahoo Research, 50 percent of all tweets consumed are reportedly generated from just 20,000 elite users. Media presents the bulk of the information, where celebrities are the most followed.

These supposed 20K elite users only represent 0.05% of the actual Twitter population, though dominate the information that most of us on Twitter regurgitate to others on the platform.

“It’s really dominated by this media-celebrity-blogger elite,” says Duncan Watts, one of the researchers. “It’s a small number of users who are hyperconnected, and then there’s everybody else just paying attention to those people.”

Of the 50 million Twitter users who actively log in every day, not all of them are tweeting. In fact, we already know that most of these users are simply digesting tweets and consuming content. The study also confirms what I’ve previously mentioned: Bloggers rebroadcast the most information, with other bloggers tending to follow blogging accounts, celebrities following celebrities, and so on.

From personal experience, I definitely tend to rebroadcast or tweet content from accounts that have more credibility — I like knowing that my own followers can rely on me for sourcing accurate or credible news. However, it’s true that the Twitter experience would not be what it is without the mixing pot of content streaming in from friends and family.

If Twitter content was restricted solely to tweets from the 20,000 elite accounts, I just wouldn’t enjoy the platform as much. Half the fun on Twitter for me or any other active user, I’m sure, is the back-and-forth feedback coming in from both those we follow as well as our own following.

Knowing the above, however, I’m curious: Do you think you’re following one of the 20,000 elite users, keeping in mind that these accounts mainly consist of celebrities, bloggers and media broadcasters? And do you tend to rebroadcast content from these accounts, or more typically from your friends and family? Weigh in below.

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DreamAge Entertainment: from the World of Media and Entertainment

DreamAge Entertainment is one of India’s leading production house also the most contemporary one. DreamAge Entertainment is a fully integrated media firm, based in Mumbai. We represent a company that includes Innovation because DreamAge use the latest cutting edge equipment, the best and brightest media and production professionals in the industry. The best methods and the newest techniques to produce content that gets stunning results.

We execute any project in well organized and effective manner because we have sharp strategic planning and also in-depth knowledge of local resources. We understand that every project has a unique set of objectives and specific requirements. Therefore, we take great precaution in accessing the specific creative and production needs & other parameters like the deadlines and the budget always keeping in mind. We specialize in affordable contemporary Content Video Production and Ad Film Production.

Established in February 2011 by the joint efforts of Gaurav Agarwal, Vir Singh, Rupesh Kumar and Shweta Sudhakar Gautam, We provide a full service video production that specializes in sectors like content creation, corporate films, tutorial videos and Ad Film making. DreamAge will have some unique qualities in their products which differ us from others. We think and truly believe in creativity, experience and work intelligently and always matter to produce our dream project. We are the architects of our concept and Together, we create our vision, and hammer out the key elements that are important to an industry. By understanding the essence of concept, we lay a plan that produces great results.

This is a guest post by DreamAge Entertainment. You can contact DreamAge Entertainment at deepak@dreamageent.com

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